12:31 p.m. Keystone Heights Airport Manager Craig Coon: Airport staff has completed its checklist for crash incidents, and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified. The airport remains open for flight operations.
12:10 p.m. Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith: The victim is a frequent flyer and well-known at the Keystone Airport, but does not live in the immediate area. The crash happened at 10:41 in the Bradford County portion of the airport. At this point, the Florida Highway Patrol is leading the investigation, and the FAA has been notified.
11:54 a.m. Bradford County Manager Scott Kornegay: The crash is out on the airfield, a good distance from the Krawlin for the Fallen event. It was an acrobatic plane, and it appeared to witnesses that the plane spun out of control and into the ground. The plane was fully engulfed in flames on impact, but we had special event staff, as well as a supervisor and an in-service engine on site for the Krawlin event. They were enroute before the plane hit the ground. Quick attack on the fire kept it from spreading through the airfield.
November 8, 2025, 11:07 a.m. Bradford County officials report a plane crash at the Keystone Heights Airport. One fatality.
